Proper Motivation - God's glory

What motives you? What motives a church? With both, too many times the main motivation is self-centered or self-promoting. We like ourselves.

At other times our motivation may be jealousy or competition. We want to out-do our neighbor, friend, family member or someone that we don't even necessarily like. And far too many times our churches do things simply because the "church down the road" or another well-known church "grew really fast" doing this.

Does our motivation matter? You better believe it. First, without a proper and pure motivation, God will not reward us no matter what the results. Good results plus wrong motivations will equal no eternal reward. But proper motivations plus no results will equal a full reward in Heaven.

So what should be our motivation? I like I Corinthians 10: 31 "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."

Colossians 3:17 "And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

Oh, that we would do things only for God's glory. I believe it would be a worthy motivation that honor God and bring eternal rewards for His people and His church.